A $16.5 million collaborative project between the Interior Ministry and the British Embassy in Lebanon to improve protection of human rights by the Internal Security Forces was launched Friday to mark Human Rights Day.

A $16.5 million collaborative project between the Interior Ministry and the British Embassy in Lebanon to improve protection of human rights by the Internal Security Forces was launched Friday to mark Human Rights Day.

With Daesh’s (ISIS) “caliphate” seemingly nearing its downfall in Iraq, the country’s security agencies are preparing for a different fight against the militants, shifting away from ground offensives to a focus on intelligence work, surgical airstrikes and a higher level of cooperation with the West.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Turks Friday to step up efforts to boost the Turkish lira by converting more foreign currency, as the campaign launched earlier this month showed only limited effect.

Large banks in Britain want the U.K. government to allow their industry to remain subject to EU laws for up to five years after Brexit, a move likely to enrage euroskeptics who want to break away from the bloc’s legal system as soon as possible.

Given the turf wars and interagency rivalries that have long surrounded U.S. special operations forces, President Obama probably didn’t do the commandos any favor when he delivered his last big military speech at the base in Tampa where they’re headquartered.

Novak Djokovic lost his momentum in the second half of last season and was toppled as the world No. 1 by Andy Murray because his work-rate dropped, the Serbian’s former coach Boris Becker said Wednesday.

Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. But its misfortune is now giving scientists unique insight into feathered dinosaurs that prospered during the Cretaceous Period.